NSABP B-17

👉The NSABP B-17, Phase III Randomized Study of Postoperative Radiotherapy Following Segmental Mastectomy and Axillary Dissection in Patients with Noninvasive Intraductal Adenocarcinoma of the Breast

👉Compared lumpectomy alone to lumpectomy plus breast irradiation in 818 patients with localized ductal carcinoma in situ.

👉This trial concluded that radiotherapy did not improve OS but that it did significantly decrease the rate of invasive or in situ in breast tumor recurrence in the ipsilateral breast.

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